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Council, committees weigh affordable-housing tools, housing trust consolidation and state toolkit
Summary
Councilors asked staff and committees to unify housing efforts after the retreat: recommendations included combining the affordable housing committee with the housing trust function, running a housing toolkit review, and using a data manager to analyze growth and housing impacts.
The retreat prompted councilors and staff to consider reorganizing the city's housing advisory functions and to accelerate work on tools and incentives to increase housing supply and affordability. Staff and councilors discussed a possible consolidation of the Affordable Housing Committee with the Housing Trust Fund committee and asked the committee and staff to review the Vermont Homes for All toolkit and other options to reduce development costs.
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